Peter Gray
@petergray47.bsky.social
Historian of 19thC Ireland; Director of Irish Studies, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
For example, I want to know if the UK government really did consider ‘planting’ Zululand with the obstreperous Irish in 1879 (as imagined here by the Weekly Freeman)
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
For example, I want to know if the UK government really did consider ‘planting’ Zululand with the obstreperous Irish in 1879 (as imagined here by the Weekly Freeman)
Nor far from the bizarre horse gear gifted by Col. Gaddafi to Dev in the early 70s (surrounded by less welcome Gaddafi gifts from later years)
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nor far from the bizarre horse gear gifted by Col. Gaddafi to Dev in the early 70s (surrounded by less welcome Gaddafi gifts from later years)
I guess its what happens when you put together an author and a reviewer whose understanding of the subject in question can both be described as 'superficial'
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I guess its what happens when you put together an author and a reviewer whose understanding of the subject in question can both be described as 'superficial'
(Penny Satirist, Jan. 1840)
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
(Penny Satirist, Jan. 1840)
He also 'owned' three other boroughs in Cork, so I suppose it all adds up?
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
He also 'owned' three other boroughs in Cork, so I suppose it all adds up?